Cave Biology - Life in Darkness

Informationen zum Autor Aldemaro Romero is Chair and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Arkansas State University. He has authored more than 500 publications and his interests lie in questions in science that require an interdisciplinary approach. Klappentext A critical examination of current knowledge and ideas on cave biology, with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation. Zusammenfassung Aldemaro Romero critically examines current knowledge of cave biology! emphasizing evolution! ecology and conservation. He challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the biology of caves! and highlights urgent questions that should be addressed in order to get a more complete understanding of caves as ecosystems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A brief history of cave biology; 2. Cave biodiversity; 3. The evolutionary biology of cave organisms; 4. The ecology of cave organisms; 5. Cave conservation and management; 6. Epilogue; Appendix. Glossary of terms frequently used in biospeleology.

Product details

• Authors: Aldemaro Romero, Aldemaro (Southern Illinois University Romero
• Assisted by: Dante Fenolio (Photographs), Dante B. Fenolio (Photographs)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521828468
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82846-8
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Ecology, Biodiversity and Cons; Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation; Ecology, Biodiversity and Cons
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works